Question

An author from this country wrote a novella about the protagonist prematurely diagnosing a town’s residents with mental illnesses and locking himself in an asylum called “The Green House.” (10[1])An author who lived in this country used a line from Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man to title her (-5[1])novel about Joana, Near to the Wild Heart. A novel from this country is dedicated to “the worm who first gnawed on… (10[1])my corpse” (10[1])and includes a (10[1])philosopher who shares his name with the dog (10[1])Quincas Borba. An author who lived in this country, where the author of The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas was from, wrote about a woman crushing a cockroach in The Passion According to G.H. For 10 points, name this country home to Machado de Assis and Clarice Lispector. ■END■ (0[4])

ANSWER: Brazil [or Federative Republic of Brazil or República Federativa do Brasil; prompt on Ukraine with “Where did she spend most of her life?”] (The first line refers to The Alienist.)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Richard NiuCornell CYale C2810
Kaiden CareyPenn BPrinceton B50-5
Karsten RynearsonYale AColumbia A7210
Aiden DartleyRutgers ABard A7410
Alex MoonPenn AVassar7710
Jack RadoColumbia BNYU A8510
Omar MahmoodNYU BColumbia C1340
Simon EmmanuelRutgers BHaverford1340
Austin GuoPrinceton AYale B1340
Andrew MinagarYale BPrinceton A1340

Summary

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